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SC-207X Series User Manual
Chapter 1
Introduction
About the SC-207X Series Boards
This chapter describes the SC-207X Series boards, lists what you need to get started, describes
the optional equipment and software, and explains how to unpack your SC-207X Series board.
The SC-2070 and SC-2071 boards are two general-purpose breadboards with signal-labeled
screw terminals and temperature sensor, breadboard, and analog signal conditioning areas. The
SC-2070 and SC-2071 boards can be used for analog signal conditioning on the Macintosh,
IBM PS/2 Micro Channel, and IBM PC/XT/AT computers. The SC-2070 and SC-2071
breadboards simplify the connection of analog and digital signals to the DAQ board in
laboratory, test, and production environments. Up to seven thermocouples can be connected to
each SC-2070 or SC-2071 board while using one channel to monitor the onboard temperature
sensor for cold-junction compensation. The temperature sensor can be disconnected to make all
eight differential or 16 single-ended analog input channels available on the board. The boards
have silkscreened component locations for resistors and capacitors for building single-pole
highpass and lowpass filters, voltage dividers, and broken thermocouple detectors. The SC-2070
and SC-2071 boards also have a general-purpose breadboard area for building custom analog,
digital, and timing circuits.
The SC-2072 board is a general-purpose breadboard with screw terminals and a breadboard area
that can be used for building custom analog, digital, and timing circuits. The SC-2072 can be
used with all National Instruments NB Series, MC Series, PC Series, AT Series,
Lab/1200 Series, and the PC-OPDIO-16 DAQ, digital I/O, and timing boards (except the
NB-A2000 and the EISA-A2000), and some DAQCards. The board comes with an optional
DC-to-DC converter that converts the +5 V input into +15 V and -15 V for use by analog
circuitry.
Detailed specifications of the SC-207X boards are in Appendix A, Specifications.
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